Here are various activities that students of all ages can do in order to test what they have learned revolving water deficits. Do the following activities and see how much you have learned from our pages.
Activities for Students:
Grades 9-12
Question & Answer Game- A card game that you can print and cut apart the individual cards. The game is played by one team reading the Answer from the card and the other team has to guess the correct Question that relates to the Answer. Interactive Question & Answer Game* - A flash animated game that gives the Answer and you have to choose the correct Question from three possible answers. The game lets you know instantly if you have the right answer. Build Your Own Watershed - An activity to illustrate the basic properties of a watershed. Protecting America's Public Health - Safe Drinking Water Act - Protecting America's Public Health- This web site contains an informative poster and CD-ROM that illustrates how everything we do can effect our drinking water. Water Trivia Facts - Some fun and unusual facts about water. Water Facts of Life - Amazing facts continue - how much of your brain is water? Be Hydro-logical - Find out what you can do.
Word Scramble Game - A fun game to print and complete where you have to unscramble one word in a sentence.
Interactive Word Scramble Game* - A flash animated game that lets you unscramble one word in a sentence and lets you know instantly if you have the right answer.
Fun Facts Matching Game - A fun game to print and complete where you have to match amounts of water to the correct everyday water usage item. Interactive Fun Facts Matching Game* - A flash animated game that lets you match amounts of water to the correct everyday water usage item and lets you know instantly if you have the right answer. Non-point Source Pollution - A class activity to demonstrate what an average storm drain collects during a rainfall. Water Purification by Evaporation and Condensation - A class activity to illustrate how the water cycle helps to purify water. Role of Plants in Water Filtration - A class activity to help students understand the role of plants in filtering water.
Tracking Pollution - A Hazardous Whodunit - An activity for the class trying to figure out who is responsible for the water pollution and who has to pay for the cleanup in the town of Riverville. Decision Making - A Mock Town Meeting on a Proposed Tank Farm - Your class will represent all of the citizens of Priceford. A major corporation wants permission to build a tank farm just outside of the town and both sides must be heard at a town meeting in your class. Interactive Water Filtration Instructions * - A step-by-step instruction on how to complete this in class activity complete with narration and visual support. You can jump from section to section and repeat as necessary. Protecting America's Public Health - Safe Drinking Water Act- This web site contains an informative poster and CD-ROM that illustrates how everything we do can effect our drinking water.
Grades 4-8
Build Your Own Aquifer - A class activity to illustrate how water is stored in an aquifer, how groundwater can become contaminated, and how this contamination ends up in the drinking water well. Ultimately, students should get a clear understanding of how careless use and disposal of harmful contaminants above the ground can potentially end up in the drinking water below the ground. Interactive Build Your Own Aquifer Instructions * - A step-by-step instruction on how to complete this in class activity complete with narration and visual support. You can jump from section to section and repeat as necessary. Water Filtration - A class activity to demonstrate the procedures that municipal water plants may use to purify water for drinking. Interactive Water Filtration Instructions * - A step-by-step instruction on how to complete this in class activity complete with narration and visual support. You can jump from section to section and repeat as necessary. Where Does Water Come From? - A class activity that helps students identify their source of drinking water.
Grades K-3
Thirstin Builds an Aquifer - This class activity will have the students make an "Aquifer in a Cup" or "Aquifer on the Go". The students will learn how water is stored in an aquifer, how groundwater can become contaminated, and how this contamination ends up in a drinking water source. Thirstin's Ground Water Movement Activity - This class activity demonstrates that ground water must be able to move through underground materials. The students will act as molecules of water and the underground materials as well. How People Get Their Water - A lesson plan that teaches students how reservoirs serve as holding tanks for drinking water. The Water Source Books - The Water Sourcebooks contain 324 activities for grades K-12 divided into four sections: K-2, 3-5, 5-8, and 9-12. Each section is divided into five chapters
Activities
Here are various activities that students of all ages can do in order to test what they have learned revolving water deficits. Do the following activities and see how much you have learned from our pages.
Activities for Students:
Grades 9-12
Question & Answer Game - A card game that you can print and cut apart the individual cards. The game is played by one team reading the Answer from the card and the other team has to guess the correct Question that relates to the Answer.
Interactive Question & Answer Game* - A flash animated game that gives the Answer and you have to choose the correct Question from three possible answers. The game lets you know instantly if you have the right answer.
Build Your Own Watershed - An activity to illustrate the basic properties of a watershed.
Protecting America's Public Health - Safe Drinking Water Act - Protecting America's Public Health - This web site contains an informative poster and CD-ROM that illustrates how everything we do can effect our drinking water.
Water Trivia Facts - Some fun and unusual facts about water.
Water Facts of Life - Amazing facts continue - how much of your brain is water?
Be Hydro-logical - Find out what you can do.
Familiarize students with the realities about water supply around the globe
Grades 4-8
Word Scramble Game - A fun game to print and complete where you have to unscramble one word in a sentence.
Interactive Word Scramble Game* - A flash animated game that lets you unscramble one word in a sentence and lets you know instantly if you have the right answer.
Fun Facts Matching Game - A fun game to print and complete where you have to match amounts of water to the correct everyday water usage item.
Interactive Fun Facts Matching Game* - A flash animated game that lets you match amounts of water to the correct everyday water usage item and lets you know instantly if you have the right answer.
Non-point Source Pollution - A class activity to demonstrate what an average storm drain collects during a rainfall.
Water Purification by Evaporation and Condensation - A class activity to illustrate how the water cycle helps to purify water.
Role of Plants in Water Filtration - A class activity to help students understand the role of plants in filtering water.
Grades K-3
Thirstin's Water Cycle Adventure - A graphical representation of the water cycle and its many stages.
Interactive Water Cycle * - A flash animated activity that lets you control the water cycle as you learn.
Thirstin's Water Cycle Activity - Learn how to build your own water cycle with everyday items.
Thirstin's Wacky Water Adventure Activity Book (16 pgs) - A collection of activities and coloring book pages.
Activities for Teachers:
Grades 9-12
Tracking Pollution - A Hazardous Whodunit - An activity for the class trying to figure out who is responsible for the water pollution and who has to pay for the cleanup in the town of Riverville.
Decision Making - A Mock Town Meeting on a Proposed Tank Farm - Your class will represent all of the citizens of Priceford. A major corporation wants permission to build a tank farm just outside of the town and both sides must be heard at a town meeting in your class.
Interactive Water Filtration Instructions * - A step-by-step instruction on how to complete this in class activity complete with narration and visual support. You can jump from section to section and repeat as necessary.
Protecting America's Public Health - Safe Drinking Water Act - This web site contains an informative poster and CD-ROM that illustrates how everything we do can effect our drinking water.
Grades 4-8
Build Your Own Aquifer - A class activity to illustrate how water is stored in an aquifer, how groundwater can become contaminated, and how this contamination ends up in the drinking water well. Ultimately, students should get a clear understanding of how careless use and disposal of harmful contaminants above the ground can potentially end up in the drinking water below the ground.
Interactive Build Your Own Aquifer Instructions * - A step-by-step instruction on how to complete this in class activity complete with narration and visual support. You can jump from section to section and repeat as necessary.
Water Filtration - A class activity to demonstrate the procedures that municipal water plants may use to purify water for drinking.
Interactive Water Filtration Instructions * - A step-by-step instruction on how to complete this in class activity complete with narration and visual support. You can jump from section to section and repeat as necessary.
Where Does Water Come From? - A class activity that helps students identify their source of drinking water.
Grades K-3
Thirstin Builds an Aquifer - This class activity will have the students make an "Aquifer in a Cup" or "Aquifer on the Go". The students will learn how water is stored in an aquifer, how groundwater can become contaminated, and how this contamination ends up in a drinking water source.
Thirstin's Ground Water Movement Activity - This class activity demonstrates that ground water must be able to move through underground materials. The students will act as molecules of water and the underground materials as well.
How People Get Their Water - A lesson plan that teaches students how reservoirs serve as holding tanks for drinking water.
The Water Source Books - The Water Sourcebooks contain 324 activities for grades K-12 divided into four sections: K-2, 3-5, 5-8, and 9-12. Each section is divided into five chapters
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